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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

Baron de Montesquieu

Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two

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